20.500.12556/RUL-142581 Caregiving situation as a predictor of subjective caregiver burden informal caregivers of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated emotional, financial, and technical challenges for informal caregivers of older people. The aim of this study was to explore the caregiving situation and subjective burden of informal caregivers of older family members during COVID-19, and to investigate how a caregiving situation’s characteristics predict the subjective burden of care in times of COVID-19. The study was conducted in April and May 2021 via an online access panel. The sample (n = 612) was determined using a screening test that enabled us to focus on a Slovenian population of informal caregivers aged 40+ caring for a person aged 65+ for at least four hours/week on average. Our findings reveal that the subjective burden of care was high among informal caregivers during COVID-19. Multiple regression analysis showed that the provision of activities of daily living, care duration, average hours of care per week, formal care status, and recipients’ health problems related to dementia or other memory problems significantly predicted the subjective burden of caregivers. These findings call for better recognition of the role of informal caregivers. The time and effort devoted to informal care should be supported by legislation and social security. informal care subjective caregiver burden quantitative study COVID-19 Slovenia oskrba starostnikov negovalci epidemije covid-19 Slovenija pandemije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-11-14 09:40:56 2022-11-14 09:41:00 2024-02-15 03:39:33 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 21 str. iss. 21, art. 14496 Vol. 19 Nov. 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 364 1660-4601 10.3390/ijerph192114496 128243971 Hvalic_Trkman_Dolnicar_IJERPH.pdf Hvalic_Trkman_Dolnicar_IJERPH.pdf 1 466BB747F7976B4FFF56B5FBD7C1498D 60c7f19f5675e1bee263c2eee959821533f7df502d6176ef3aaaa95d7dd9ce9f 54a9bede-63f8-11ed-9c94-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=164007 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/21/14496 0 617dc4eb-63f8-11ed-9c94-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=164008 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0